Telephone coin-box and holder



H. M. SMEBY TELEPHONIE COIN BOX AND HOLDER. APPLICATION FILED MAR. e. 1911.

l IIIIIIIIIIIIII HERBERT 1v1. sMEBY, or CHICAGO, ILLINOIS..

TELEPHONE COIN-BOX AND HOLDER.

Specification of Letterslatent.

Patented Nov. 11, 1919.

Application led March 6, 1917. Serial No. 152,775.

To all 'whom t lmay concern.'

Be it known'that I, HERBERT M. SMEBY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Telephone Coin-Boxes and Holders, of which the following is a specification.

Coin boxes for the payment of telephone calls are in common use, and such boxes are usually placed on the wall or in a position which must be convenient to the instrument. As ordinarily arranged, a stand or holder must be provided adjacent to the coin box for supporting the telephone. In accordance with the present invention I provide a combined coin box and telephone stand or holder, which will obviate the necessity of any additional supports for the instrument.

The object of this invention will be readily apparent. It will be seen that it provides means for supportingthe telephone on or in' connection with the coin box, where it will be convenient for use, and such arrangement will be simple and economical in construction and very convenient in operation.

In the accompanving drawings illustrating this invention:

Figure 1 is a front view of a combined coin box and holder embodying a preferred form of the invention;

Fig. 2 is a side view thereof, with parts broken away to show the details of construction;

Fig. 3 is a plan view; and

Fig. t is a side view showing a slightly modiiied form of construction.

Any ordinary or Vpreferred mechanismV may be used in the coin box, but such mechanism forms no part of the present invention. In accordance with my invention I provide a coin box such as the box 5 shown to prevent the lateral displacement of the y telephone.

The telephone andcoin box may both be used in the ordinary manner, the phone being left in the holder while it is being used, or temporarily removed therefrom if desii-ed. It will be seen that by means of this arrangement, as soon as the coin box is installed, a holder is provided for the telephone, which will occupy practically no additional space and therefore the set may be placed in limited or out of the way places, where a desk or table could not be used. Furthermorarthis holder will prevent the necessity of leaving the telephone standing on the floor, as is usually the case when a telephone is first installed in an office orposition by means of screws or bolts 11. InV

this instance the holder is shown extending back over the top of the plate or board 12, which is commonly used for supporting the coin box, so that the holder does not project to any considerable distance at the front Vofthe box. In order to avoid any electrical interference, the holder 10 Vmay be insulated from the box by means of the insulating strips 13, which are inserted between the holder and the box, it being understood that the screws are also insulated from the holder, or, if desired, the holder 10 may be made of rubber, fiber or other insulating material,

although the holderv may be made of anyV suitable material. It will of course be understood that sufficient room will be left below the holder for the insertion ofthe coin in the coin slot 14 or in any projecting coin 1igeceiving device which may be used on the vIt will be noted that changes may be readily made in the details of construction or arrangement of parts of this invention,

without departing from the Scope thereof, and therefore I do not wish to limit myself to the exact construction or arrangement herein shown and described, except as set 5 forth in the following claims, in which I claim:

l. The combination with a telephone coin box, of an integrally formed holder comprising a plate formed integrally with the 10 boX at the top thereof, with upwardly eX- tending projections for engagement with the sides of the telephone base.

2. The combination with a telephone coin boX, of a substantially circular plate formed integrally therewith, with an upwardly eX: 15 tending liange around the edge thereof, said plate being adapted to receive and support the telephone.

HERBERT M. SMEBY.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents.

Washington, D. C. 

